From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Mar 19 16:27:55 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4F437B401; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:27:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC83543F75; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:27:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.gorean.org (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with SMTP id <2003032000275305100irb6he>; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 00:27:53 +0000 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:27:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: Marc Fonvieille Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Good wireless card for -current? In-Reply-To: <20030319225758.GA596@nosferatu.blackend.org> Message-ID: <20030319162444.D1111@znfgre.tberna.bet> References: <20030319020030.Y88684@znfgre.tberna.bet> <20030319132620.Y677@znfgre.tberna.bet> <20030319225758.GA596@nosferatu.blackend.org> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:30:35PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > Ok, based on local availability, and recommendations from various folks, > > I've narrowed it down to aironet 350, and netgear MA401NA. Any commentary > > on those two cards is welcome. I'm particularly interested in hearing > > about the netgear card, since wi(4) lists the MA401 model, but not the NA. > > > > MA401 and MA401NA are the same cards, NA stands for Network Adapter. I had hoped that this was the case, but I've been burned by that kind of thing before. NA could stand for "New and Advanced!" and be a totally different chipset or something.... bastards. > It's under -CURRENT, and I use the card daily. Don't ask me what means > RA :)) What kind of speed do you get on this with encryption enabled? My laptop can do 6-7 MBps on the wire, so I'm looking for something that can at least do 5.5 with full WEP (yes I know WEP isn't secure, but I like to raise the bar if I can). Also, does it do promiscuous mode? The vendor website is of limited usefulness. Thanks! Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message